hope

hope is a 4-letter English word with 18 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sloping plain between mountain ridges. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
2. noun. A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
3. noun. A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
4. noun. One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
5. noun. That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
6. intransitive verb. To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for.
7. intransitive verb. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in.
8. transitive verb. To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
9. transitive verb. To expect; to fear.
10. noun. one of the three Christian virtues
11. noun. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

    "there is little or no promise that he will recover"

    Synonyms: promise

12. noun. a specific instance of feeling hopeful

    "it revived their hope of winning the pennant"

13. noun. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled

    "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"

14. noun. someone (or something) on which expectations are centered

    "he was their best hope for a victory"

15. noun. United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)
16. verb. intend with some possibility of fulfilment

    "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"

17. verb. be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes

    "I am still hoping that all will turn out well"

18. verb. expect and wish

    "I trust you will behave better from now on"

    "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"

    Synonyms: desire, trust

Synonyms

promise, desire, trust

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hope:

peho, pheo

Common word forms

hoped, hoper, hopes, hoping, hopeful, hopeless

Words from these letters

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